Spanish Postal Service Deploys Sybase iAnywhere RFID Technology

Correos Chooses RFID Anywhere to Improve Process Quality Control and Consignment Traceability 


DALLAS, RFID World 2007, March 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybase iAnywhere today announced that Correos, the Spanish Postal Service, has deployed its RFID Anywhere(TM) software platform in one of the largest RFID projects in Europe.  Using RFID Anywhere, Correos has introduced a radio frequency control system, called Q-RFID, in 16 Automated Processing Centers (APCs) throughout Spain and in four other bulk Admission Centers, enabling the company to ensure quality control and the traceability of postal deliveries.

"The use of RFID Anywhere enhances Correos' competitiveness as a result of more efficient management of postal processes and an improvement in the quality of its services," said Regina Defarges, organizational deputy director, Correos.  "We're proud to be the forerunner in the use of RFID technology in the postal industry."

Correos' successful implementation of one of the largest RFID projects in Europe highlights the potential of RFID solutions.  The state-controlled company required its RFID solution to be integrated into the Correos computer systems, resulting in the purchase of 13,000 passive electronic labels and installation of more than 2,300 permanent antennas and over 331 readers for the 16 APCs and the additional Admission Centers.  The RFID Anywhere-powered solution gives Correos the ability to monitor the status and transit time of a letter at each stage of the delivery process, allowing the company to oversee the entire process and adopt corrective measures when a fault is detected in the system.  Correos is one of the earliest to use RFID technology to comply with the standards set by the European Union (ETSI EN 302 208-1 and EPC GEN 2) and to be approved at the state level by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.

"The postal industry provides an excellent example of how RFID technology can increase process efficiencies resulting in improved delivery times and streamlining of operating procedures," said Martyn Mallick, director of RFID Technologies, Sybase iAnywhere.  "Correos chose RFID Anywhere for its superior ability to coordinate a vast number of RFID readers in a dense environment and to integrate business logic and processes with the latest automatic data collection and sensor technologies."

To learn more about RFID Anywhere, please visit the Sybase iAnywhere RFID World 2007 booth #1425.  Additionally, director of RFID Technologies, Martyn Mallick, will be speaking on "Tracking Mixed-Value Assets: The Business Case and Technology Requirements," on Tuesday, March 27 at 3:30 PM.  To join the very popular RFID Anywhere developer community and to download a free development copy of RFID Anywhere, visit http://www.ianywhere.com/RFID.

About RFID Anywhere

RFID Anywhere simplifies the development, deployment, configuration and management tasks for highly distributed, multi-site, intelligent sensor networks, and abstracts the interaction with the physical network of devices. With support for over forty devices, this powerful infrastructure enables the creation of intelligent sensor networks out-of-the-box.  By using RFID Anywhere, sensors are able to work together as an intelligent network by combining, organizing and coordinating these technologies through a common management structure, advanced feature set and event-driven development framework.

About Sybase iAnywhere

Sybase iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business.  The company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and synchronization, and Bluetooth(R) and infrared protocol technologies.  Tens of millions of mobile devices and over 20,000 customers and partners rely on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere, Afaria and OneBridge.  iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY).

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